COMMENTARY BY THE CATHOLIC PRESS AGENCY (IKA) — ZAGREB ON RECENT ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE VATICAN

In addition to their regular statement, the bishops of Bosnia-Herzegovina issued a special statement regarding the illegal recognition of the "Peace and Good Association of Catholic Believers" by the High Court in Mostar. They also addressed an appeal to the international and domestic public regarding the lack of implementation of the Dayton Peace Treaty.

On July 1, Archbishop Franc Rode of Ljubljana visited Archbishop Cardinal Franjo Kuharić of Zagreb at the archbishop#!s residence in Zagreb

The chairman of the Committee for Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the American Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, led a delegation that visited the territory of Eastern Slavonia

A meeting among Catholic Bishop Marin Srakić of Đakovo and Srijem, Serbian Orthodox Bishop Lukijan of Osijek and Baranja and the chairman of the Committee for Aid to the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the American Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick, was held on June 7 in Vukovar

A Delegation from the Croatian Conference of Catholic Bishops that will attend the Second European Ecumenical Assembly to be held in Graz, Austria in late June, met on June 2 in Zagreb with representatives of other Christian Churches in Croatia

The Justitia et Pax Commission of the Conference of Bishops of Bosnia-Herzegovina has asked all citizens to participate in their local elections this autumn. The commission called for these elections to be organized and conducted correctly

Archbishop Cardinal Franjo Kuharić of Zagreb sent a letter to the Dominican provincial

The vice president of the government of the Republic of Croatia, Dr. Jure Radić, received Metropolitan Jovan Pavlović

The Caritas charitable organization of the Bosnian-Herzegovian Conference of Catholic Bishops was awarded Pope John Paul II#!s International Peace Prize